A meeting to consider how emerging technologies are impacting the ability to assess and ensure authenticity, integrity, and security of information in the digital environment, explore the collaboration between government, universities, and companies in the development of these emerging technologies, and examine the role of partnerships in investigating and protecting authenticity, integrity, and security in a digital world.

A meeting to consider the characteristics of the 21st century innovation environment; to examine the ways in which industry, government, and universities have adapted to the accelerated pace of innovation in an open information age; and to explore how cross-sector partnerships can strengthen U.S. competitiveness as a leader in science and technology in the global economy.

A meeting to explore the engagement models, goals, incentives, and risk tolerance of some non-traditional research partners including philanthropic foundations, venture capital and seed funders, and non-profit organizations to discuss how efforts intersect with those of the federal government, universities, and industry.

A workshop planned by GUIRR's International Research Collaborations Working Group to explore the changing opportunities and risks of data management and use across disciplinary domains to examine advisory principles for consideration when developing international research agreements in the pursuit of highlighting promising practices for sustaining and enabling international research collaborations at the highest ethical level possible.

A meeting to consider the challenges and opportunities of developing and using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in research and commercialization in medicine and across sectors.

A meeting to consider what role states should ideally have in influencing the R&D agenda; how regional cluster development can drive innovation and economic growth; and how a coordinated effort to support research between state governments can contribute to the federal R&D agenda and national innovation competitiveness.

A meeting to consider the value of patents as a proxy for measuring innovation, how patents fall short as a metric for assessing research impacts, and what other metrics can better serve the need to assess research value and impacts.

GUIRR hosted a half-day workshop to consider strategies to more reliably produce "HIBAR" research - fundamental research carefully linked to real-world problem contexts, which may produce stronger theories and more societally valuable results.

A meeting to consider the trends in public opinion of science, examine potential sources of mistrust both internal and external to the science community, and explore the ways in which cross-sector collaboration between government, universities, and industry may improve public trust in science and scientific institutions in the future.

GUIRR held a workshop to discuss Innovation Network Mapping and how to build regional collective intelligence to drive innovation and economic growth with Gary Markovits, cofounder and CEO of Innovation Business Partners, Inc.

The Fourth Industrial RevolutionOctober 25-26, 2016A meeting to discuss the technological characteristics of emerging industrial technologies and consider the economic and social implications of a ‘fourth industrial revolution’ that builds on the digitization breakthroughs of the past several decades.

A meeting to explore common characteristics of smart communities, the role of connectedness and sustainability in developing smart communities, the partnerships between governments, universities, and industry that are integral to advancing smart community development, and the challenges, opportunities, and policy implications associated with the roll-out of intelligent systems.

T-Summit 2016March 21-22, 2016A public workshop to explore innovative models that foster and develop “T-shaped” characteristics and how higher education, industry, and government can collaborate to cultivate the talent development required for the 21st century workforce. Co-hosted with the University Industry Demonstration Partnership, IBM, Michigan State University, and Virginia Tech.

A meeting to explore the state of critical infrastructure security in the United States and identified R&D priorities, as well as how pending legislation impacts physical and cyber infrastructure security.

The Disruption Myth and Gaps in the Innovation EcosystemOctober 20-21, 2015A meeting to discuss what disruptive innovation and disruptive innovators look like today; how patterns of disruption and business dynamism are changing in a modern world; and how the study of disruption can affect the structure of innovation ecosystems.

A meeting to consider practical policy strategies to manage and safely deploy commercial, public, and private unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in U.S. airspace, and to explore the potential applications for recent technological advances in UAS.

A meeting to identify the successes and challenges that the energy sector has encountered in the integration of new power technologies for accommodating countless sources of power generation on the electrical grid, and to consider the technologies' application to other areas.

A meeting to consider how big data is changing the way we do science, looking particularly at the challenges of working with and analyzing big data sets, ethics and privacy concerns, workforce and training issues, and opportunities for public-private partnerships.

A meeting to consider how convergence - the merging of previously distinct disciplines to create new disciplines which promote rapid innovation and the emergence of new scientific principles - is created and what it has delivered to disciplines to date.

A meeting to consider new financing models and mechanisms designed to leverage resources and more efficiently convert the nation’s research assets into economic assets, thereby increasing the nation’s overall competitiveness.

A meeting to consider how research globalization is impacting U.S. R&D within the context of ensuring national security and economic prosperity, and what roles the government, university, and industry sectors may play in this new globalized environment.

A meeting to explore the potential implications of underinvestment in infrastructure, as well as the role that public and private sector entities may play in succeeding or failing to provide optimal infrastructure for robust economic growth and achievement of America's science and technology research goals.

A meeting to consider the dynamics of the U.S. patent system, and to investigate whether patents are essential for technology development and commercialization in certain industries but an innovation inhibitor in others.